This is a sad story about a girl named Mac And her wondering lover Bob
Softly I can hear her Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Needle Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Needle Hey, Bobba Needle, Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Bob, hey, Bob
Mac, Mac, Mac All in black, black, black Don't cha know I'm tryin', tryin', to come on back, back, back
'Cause I took a plane, plane, But was some rain, rain, rain And there was no flyin', flyin', So I a train, train, train
Oh, Mac, Mac, Mac It went off the track, track, you see I'm dyin', dyin', dyin' Just to on back, back, back
Oh, softly I can hear you Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Needle Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Needle Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Needle Hey, Bob, hey, Bob
Well, I a boat, boat, boat But it wouldn't float, float, So I kept on a puffin', puffin', was all she wrote, wrote, wrote
So I must my cross, cross, cross And I a horse, horse, horse But it keeps runnin', runnin', runnin' All the track, track, track
Baby, I lyin', lyin', lyin' you see that I'm tryin', tryin', tryin' Don't cha know I'm tryin', tryin', Just to come on to Mary Mac
Oh, softly I can hear her Hey, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Hey, Bobba Needle, Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Needle, Bobba Needle, Bobba Needle Hey, Bob, hey, Bob